diff --git a/stdlib/2/typing.pyi b/stdlib/2/typing.pyi
index ccec37a0cd31..e134d17415b0 100644
--- a/stdlib/2/typing.pyi
+++ b/stdlib/2/typing.pyi
@@ -460,6 +460,8 @@ def get_type_hints(
 def cast(tp: Type[_T], obj: Any) -> _T: ...
 @overload
 def cast(tp: str, obj: Any) -> Any: ...
+@overload
+def cast(tp: object, obj: Any) -> Any: ...
 
 # Type constructors
 
diff --git a/stdlib/3/typing.pyi b/stdlib/3/typing.pyi
index 098a29790cbf..b74a5435fdad 100644
--- a/stdlib/3/typing.pyi
+++ b/stdlib/3/typing.pyi
@@ -633,6 +633,8 @@ if sys.version_info >= (3, 8):
 def cast(typ: Type[_T], val: Any) -> _T: ...
 @overload
 def cast(typ: str, val: Any) -> Any: ...
+@overload
+def cast(typ: object, val: Any) -> Any: ...
 
 # Type constructors